Phonograph.



Patented Feb. 28,

P. WEBER.

PHONOGRAPH.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 5, 1909.

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:PETER WEBER, OF ORANGE. NEXV JERSEY. ASSIGNOR TO NEW JERSEY PATENT COMPANY, OFEST ORANGE, NEV JERSEY, CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

PHONOGRAFH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application filed June 5, 1909. Serial No. 500,398.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Pnrnn VminIi, a cit-if/.en of the United States, and a resident of Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have ma de a certain new and useful Improvement in Phonographs, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to phonographs, and the objectt-hereof is the provision of an improved means for mountingr the phonogra pli horn or sound conveying means, whereby the end thereof connected to the neck of the reproducer on the traveling carriage may be permitted to travel with the said carriage in a horizontal line, vwhile the body ot 'the horn or the mouth thereof swings through a small angle. This result is achieved pret erably by the provision of a rocking support for the horn so shaped as to accomplish the result desired.

Other objects reside in the construction of parts and combinations of elements hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Attention is hereby directed to'the accom# paiiying drawings, forming part of. this specification, inwhich the4 same reference characters are used throughout to denote corresponding parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a front View of a cabinet havv` ing a phonograph mounted thereon and a phonograph horn contained therein so mounted as to embody my invention. Fig.

2 is a. cross section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1,

the phonograph and horn being -shownl in elevation, and Fig. 3 is a detaih partly in section, showing the manner of connecting the horn to thereproducer neck.

Referring to the drawings,- the reproducer 1 provided with stylus 2, is so mounted that the said stylus may engage the record on the mandrel 3, the latter and the other parts of the phonograph being supported as by uprights fl: on the top 5 of the cabinet or casing 6. The liorn7 is attached at itsv small end to the neck of the reproducer and extends thence downwardly through the top or mouth end, the mouth portion of the horn being preferably bell shaped as shown. The horn 7 has affixed thereto the rocker 8 which is supported by the horizontal surface 9 of the supporting member 10. Guides 11 are provided on either side .of the rocker 8 and a lug 12 is provided projecting outjin the form of an inverted V, whereby overthrow of the rocker is prevented.

The co-actiiiglsurt'ac'es comprising thebottoin surface of the rockervand the bearing surface 9 are so shaped that the upper end of the horn in its travel' 'back a nd forth with the reproducer from the position shown' in full lines in Fig. 1 to that shown ,in dotted lines, does -iiot tend to rise or fall above or belowf a vhorizontal line. During this` movement, the rocker 8 rocks on surface 9, the mouth of the horn oscillating back and forth bet-Ween the extreme position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 past. the opening 111; formed in the front of the cabinet. "lf desired, opening 1st could be made large l enough to extend opposite theiiioutli of the horn in all the positions of the latter, or if made' 'of approximately the same diameter as the mouth of the horn, as shown, guiding means could be employed for smoothly guiding to the opening 14; sounds -issuing"from the periphery of the horn opposite the closed portionof the front of the cabinet vwhen the liornlis in its extreme positions.

. The horn 7 is connected to the reproducer 1 by means preferably ofa telescopingand a universal joint' connection. The horn 7 at its upper end is formed into a. cylindrical tube portion 15 within which is slidably mounted the tube 16 formed at its lower end beyond the end of tube 15 with the ball-17, which is mounted' to provide universal mo tion within the socket 1S of the tube 19, which is directly connected with `the reproducer 1. By means of the teleseoping connection, t-he reproducer may be lifted from the record in order to change the same, and by means of the universal connection pro vided, the swinging of the lower end of the horn v while the upper end travels in a straight line, is allowed for.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in my invention without departing from the spirit thereof, and accordingly, I wish it to be understood that my invention is limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

Having now described my invention, what ico v described.

I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patl ent is as follows:

l. In a phonograph, the combination of an' amplifying horn, a rocking support for the same,x and a supporting'l means having a plane surface upon whichfsaid rocking support rests, substantially as described.

2. In a phonograph', the combination of an amplifying horn, a supporting means secured to the saine having a'curved bearing surface, and a support having a coacting bearing surface upon wnich said curved surface is rockably supported, substantially as 3. In a j ihonograph, the combination of a casing, a reproducer having a traveling carriage mounted upon the top thereof, an amplifying horn connected to the neck of the reproducer and extending within the casing, said casing having an opening opposite the mouth of the horn, and a rocking support for the horn within the casing, substantially as described.

4. In a phonograph, the combination of an amplifying horn having a forwardly extending bell, a rocker attached to said bell and extending in a plane parallel to the I mouth of the horn, and a support having a plane surface upon which said rocker rests. 5. In a phonograph, the combination of a reproducer having a traveling carriage, a horn connected to the neck of the reproducer and extending downwardly and forwardly from such connection to its mouth, and means for supporting said horn so that the end thereof connected to the reproducer neck moves in a straight horizontal line with the travelingv carriage while the mouth thereof swings in an arc in a plane parallel to the path of the reproducer, substantially as described.

(i. In a phonograph, the combination of a reproducer having a traveling carriage, a horn connected to the neck of the reproducer and extending downwardly and forwardly fromsueh connection to its mouth, a rocker .secured to said horn and a support upon which said rocker rests, the co-acting surfaces of the rocker and support being so stantially straight line, substantially as described.

7. In a phonograph, the combination of an amplifying horn, a rocker secured thereto and a support upon which said rocker rests, the rocker being so placed in relation to the horn that the latter will be substantially in equilibrium in any rocking position, substantia'lly as described.

8. In a phonograph, the combination of an amplifying horn, a rocker secured thereto anda support upon which said rocker rests, provided with guides for said rocker, and means for preventing overthrow of said rocker, substantially as described.

9. In a phonograph, the combination of a reproducer havinga traveling carriage, a horn connected to the neck of the reproducer, and means for supporting said horn so that the end thereof connected to the reproducer neck moves in a straight horizontal line with the carriage while the mouth thereof swings in an arc in a plane parallel to the path of the reproducer, substantially as described..

l0. In a phonograph, the combination of a reproducer having a traveling carriage, a horn connected to the neck of the reproducer by a universal oint, and means for supporting` said horn so that the end thereof 50nnected to the reproducer neck moves in a straight horizontal line with the carriage while the mouth thereof swings in an arc in a plane parallel to the path of the reproducer, substantially as described.

11. In a phonograph, the combination of a reproducer having a traveling carriage, a

horn connected to the neck of the reproducer by a universal joint, and a telcscoping connection, a rocker secured to the horn, and a support having a surface uponwhich said rocker rests, substantially as described.

This specification signed andv witnessed this 4th day of June 1909.

' PETER lVEBER.

Witnesses: v

CEAS. J. Wurzen, DYER SMITH.

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Washington, D. C. 

